Best camera on a phone

To me the 16 Pro Max looks more true to life and natural.

I guess it depends on your definition and preference of what a photo should look like. If that is the original unprocessed output of the X8 Ultra then I'd say it's not good at all.
What phone do you own?
 
Problem is, chinese phones lead the way with photo quality, but fall short big time in the overall OS experience.

At which point if your phone is only going to be great at just photos - get a dedicated compact camera.
Ultimately, this is what it came down to when I was making the decision, sure, the cameras are great on a lot of the Chinese phones, but the user experience as a whole (not just in photography) leaves a lot to be desired. I watched a blind test on Versus' Youtube channel with a comparison between all the Chinese phones, the Iphone 16 pro max, Galaxy S25 Ultra and the Google Pixel 10 pro (whatever it's suffix is) and the S25 Ultra won overall in the blind test. Feel free to watch it yourself here...


In the end, i've decided I like my Fold 5 too much and so have upgraded to a Fold 7!
 
Ultimately, this is what it came down to when I was making the decision, sure, the cameras are great on a lot of the Chinese phones, but the user experience as a whole (not just in photography) leaves a lot to be desired. I watched a blind test on Versus' Youtube channel with a comparison between all the Chinese phones, the Iphone 16 pro max, Galaxy S25 Ultra and the Google Pixel 10 pro (whatever it's suffix is) and the S25 Ultra won overall in the blind test. Feel free to watch it yourself here...


In the end, i've decided I like my Fold 5 too much and so have upgraded to a Fold 7!
I dunno like. My OnePlus and my Motorola were / are just fine. No issues to report. In fact this Motorola Edge 60 Fusion is positively great for the price paid vs the Samsung A series I had before it. It's fast, apps all work, it makes calls and texts and charges quickly. Happy days. In fact it's better than the Samsung because it also keeps WiFi calling enabled. I had to put the Samsung into airplane mode to achieve that. I really don't understand needing to spend ££££ on a phone.
 
Ultimately, this is what it came down to when I was making the decision, sure, the cameras are great on a lot of the Chinese phones, but the user experience as a whole (not just in photography) leaves a lot to be desired. I watched a blind test on Versus' Youtube channel with a comparison between all the Chinese phones, the Iphone 16 pro max, Galaxy S25 Ultra and the Google Pixel 10 pro (whatever it's suffix is) and the S25 Ultra won overall in the blind test. Feel free to watch it yourself here...


In the end, i've decided I like my Fold 5 too much and so have upgraded to a Fold 7!
Doubt it, the Pixel 10 isn't even out yet :p:p
 
Whilst I am not overly focussed on having a great camera on my smart phone, probably cost, I am pleased how useful a dedicated macro camera can be, when needed.
I suppose it is a cost thing as to why more phones don't seem to have them.
 
Whilst I am not overly focussed on having a great camera on my smart phone, probably cost, I am pleased how useful a dedicated macro camera can be, when needed.
I suppose it is a cost thing as to why more phones don't seem to have them.

I used to have a phone that had a camera that was effectively a low power microscope. Was cool to play with in the first week, and never got used again :cry:
 
I used to have a phone that had a camera that was effectively a low power microscope. Was cool to play with in the first week, and never got used again :cry:

Our grandson caught a crab yesterday.......

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Decent enough for a hand held crab that is moving, with a hand held phone taking a photo..!
 
Our grandson caught a crab yesterday.......

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Decent enough for a hand held crab that is moving, with a hand held phone taking a photo..!

Which phone is it? The problem with the one I had was it was a "microscope" camera, in that the phone had to be pretty much pressed against the thing you wanted to take a photo of:

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It is a four plus years old Redmi Note 10 Pro, with a 2MP dedicated macro camera.
I think that a few other phones included a 5MP one.

I do find it useful
 
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